GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOURS: A LITERATURE REVIEW

Year 2012, Volume: 6 Issue: 3, 165 - 170, 25.12.2012

Hakan Buluş

Abstract

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are the most common mesenchymal neoplasms of the gastrointestinal tract. GIST are characterized by over-expression of the tyrosine kinase receptor KIT. GIST occur predominantly in the stomach and less frequently in the extraduo-denal small bowel, the colon, and the rectum; rarely, GIST can be found in the esophagus and the duodenum. Surgery is the only curative treatment for GIST(without the need for lymphadenectomy or wide resection margins). The development of tyrosine kinase inhibitors have changed the management of unresectable disease. One of them, imatinib mesylate, has been proved to improve the survival in metastatic GIST. This article reviews literature data on GIST.

Keywords

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), mesenchymal neoplasms, treatment

GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TÜMÖRLER: DERLEME

Abstract

Gastrointestinal stromal tümörler (GIST) gastrointestinal traktın en sık rastlanan mezenkimal neoplazmlandir. GIST’ler tirozin kinaz reseptörü KIT’in aşırı ekspresyonu ile karakterizedirl-er. GIST sıklıkla mide daha az sıklıkla ekstraduedonal ince barsaklar, kolon ve rektumda görülür. Nadir olarak özefagus ve duedonumda da görülebilir. GIST tedavisinde tek küratif tedavi cerrahidir (lenfadenektomi veya geniş sınırlarla rezeksiyon gerekmeksizin). Tirozin kinaz inhibitörlerinin kullanıma girmesi rezektabl olmayan hastalık için tedavi yaklaşımını değiştirmiştir. Bunlardan biri olan imatinib mesilatın metastatik GIST’lerde sağkalımı uzattığı kanıtlanmıştır. Bu çalışmada GIST ile ilgili literatür değerlendirmesi yapılmıştır.

Keywords

Gastrointestinal stromal tümör, mezenkimal neoplazm, tedavi

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